Talking Points Memo reports that a Pennsylvania bill to change the state’s electoral college vote from winner-takes-all to proportional is still making its way through the state legislature. Read more.

The Washington Post reports that 102-year-old Desiline Victor, who cast her vote after waiting for hours and having to return to the polling station, will be a guest of Michelle Obama at the State of the Union address. Read more.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that Ken Detzner, Florida secretary of state and Governor Rick Scott’s elections adviser, “urged legislators on Monday to return to 14 days of early voting in Florida and to add locations to avoid repeating the chaos that plagued voting in 2012.” Read more.

The Atlantic Wire reports that James O’Keefe, whose sting video of a Virgina representative’s son apparently providing advice on how to commit voter fraud, is not cooperating with police in their investigation. Read more.

Politico reports that former Secretary of State Colin Powell continues to criticize the GOP for attempts to reduce the vote and moving to the right while the country is “moving more toward the center.” Read more.

The Orlando Sentinel reports on an analysis by Ohio State University professor Theodore Allen which suggests that more 200,000 voters grew frustrated with long lines and did not cast their votes. Read more.

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Who Can Vote?

In this year's News21 project, two dozen top student journalists from 11 universities are investigating the impact of recent changes in election laws and voting procedures across the country.

Is voting fraud a problem in America? Will new identification requirements at the polls disenfranchise prospective voters among minorities, college students or the elderly? Should ex-felons who've served their sentences be allowed to vote? Are voting machines reliable?